tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22277036872897465142015-03-03T12:55:33.586-08:00Blogging Tips and Internet News Learn how to make money blogging. Blog Tips covers the top monetization techniques, the latest tech news, website design, SEO, and much more to help guide you to making money online. Blog Tipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09905556325819400097noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125blogtipsdotcomhttps://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227703687289746514.post-78971059406999104742014-02-12T15:37:00.003-08:002014-02-12T15:37:28.314-08:00Facebook Like Fraud Exposed
Evidence Facebook's revenue is based on fake likes.
I know first-hand that Facebook's advertising model is deeply flawed. When I paid to promote my page I gained 80,000 followers in developing countries.
They drove my reach and engagement numbers down, basically rendering the page useless. I am not the only one who has experienced this. Rory Cellan-Jones had the same luck with Virtual Bagel:
JP Hickshttps://plus.google.com/101160021355221346340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227703687289746514.post-80288315374109870102013-08-30T17:29:00.001-07:002013-08-30T20:27:59.481-07:00Internet ID Technology Developed, Sold as Password ProtectionBlog Tips
New technology launched today by Royal Holloway University, will help protect people from the cyber attack known as "phishing," believed to have affected 37.3 million of us last year, and from online password theft, which rose by 300% during 2012-13.
Phishing involves cyber criminals creating fake websites that look like real ones and luring users into entering their login details, JP Hickshttps://plus.google.com/101160021355221346340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227703687289746514.post-13005472093639267432013-08-27T17:10:00.003-07:002013-08-31T01:10:56.782-07:00Why "Investigations" of the NSA Spying Are DOOMED to Fail
By Mark M. Jaycox
Since the revelations of confirmed National Security Agency spying in June, three different "investigations" have been announced. One by the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB), another by the Director of National Intelligence, Gen. James Clapper, and the third by the Senate Intelligence Committee, formally called the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (JP Hickshttps://plus.google.com/101160021355221346340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227703687289746514.post-40483327876565723592013-08-23T21:57:00.003-07:002013-08-23T21:57:34.290-07:00Who Uses Social Media to Monitor Their Romantic Partners?
With the widespread popularity of social networking sites such as Facebook, it is increasingly common for people to use interpersonal electronic surveillance to monitor the activities of current and former romantic partners. They can gather information on partners anonymously, view past and current photos and audio and video clips, and look for clues to explain any "suspicious" behaviors.
JP Hickshttps://plus.google.com/101160021355221346340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227703687289746514.post-36532680962753741662013-07-01T18:38:00.002-07:002013-08-31T01:08:11.550-07:00Best Places to Sell Your Swag for Bitcoins
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Millions of people make their living as eBay or Amazon sellers. They pay high sales fees and their profit is taxed. Imagine avoiding all of that by selling your stuff for bitcoins.
For those new to Bitcoin, it's a peer-to-peer digital currency with no central authority. Instead it's decentralized, run by an open source protocol. Nor does it require a bank middlemen to JP Hickshttps://plus.google.com/101160021355221346340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227703687289746514.post-86247221679368245522013-06-15T21:50:00.000-07:002013-06-15T22:51:26.972-07:00NSA Copies All Internet Data, Creates Dossiers on Every User
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The Associated Press dropped a bombshell report yesterday that claims the NSA's secret Internet spy program Prism is just a small part of a much more "expansive and intrusive" digital spying effort.
According to the AP, the NSA copies ALL INTERNET traffic in and out of the United States for analysis by hoovering all data that passes through fiber lines.
"Tapping into JP Hickshttps://plus.google.com/101160021355221346340noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227703687289746514.post-7891751171020037012013-06-05T21:44:00.000-07:002013-06-06T11:32:32.836-07:00Senator Not Sure Bloggers Deserve Free Speech Rights
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Who knew the speech of the media and bloggers wasn't already protected?
The U.S. senate is working on a media shield law that would protect the media against government retaliation for exposing sensitive information.
I thought the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights made it quite clear that all speech was already protected:
Congress shall make no law respecting JP Hickshttps://plus.google.com/101160021355221346340noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227703687289746514.post-17613145361206481022013-06-02T16:30:00.002-07:002013-08-31T14:04:13.280-07:00How to Hide Your Digital Communications from Big Brother
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Big Brother is hoping to eliminate anonymous digital communication, but a new messaging protocol may provide privacy advocates a way around their snooping government no matter where they live.
It couldn't come at a better time as governments increasingly demand access to private communications.
In fact, an FBI whistleblower recently revealed that all digital JP Hickshttps://plus.google.com/101160021355221346340noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227703687289746514.post-13727914427737196782013-05-23T13:18:00.000-07:002013-05-23T13:19:48.213-07:00TPP Threatening Internet FreedomBlog Tips
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement is being negotiated in secret between more than 12 countries around the Pacific region. One of the areas they seek to regulate is the internet, especially copyright laws.
Find out why it's the biggest threat to the Internet you've probably never heard of by watching the video below put together by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
JP Hickshttps://plus.google.com/101160021355221346340noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227703687289746514.post-79812534754890693112013-05-18T13:47:00.000-07:002013-05-18T20:47:55.701-07:0010 Tips to Fix Your Crappy Blog
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Many excellent writers maintain horrible blogs that look like they were started yesterday with some garbage default template, with no additional pages, no contact information, and no clear theme. There’s no excuse for this, especially if these writers are wondering why they don’t make any money from their blog.
It pains me to see that they don’t invest any time JP Hickshttps://plus.google.com/101160021355221346340noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227703687289746514.post-50962325316454906162013-04-17T00:32:00.000-07:002013-04-17T00:48:22.725-07:00Is Bitcoin's Largest Exchange Banking on Its Failure?
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MtGox.com is the largest Bitcoin exchange on the Internet handling roughly 80% of all trades. The recent wild fluctuations in the price of the decentralized currency have been blamed in part on Mt Gox's market dominance and technological inadequacies.
Max Keiser, a virtual currency pioneer and Bitcoin supporter, explains in the video below that Mt. Gox is running on old JP Hickshttps://plus.google.com/101160021355221346340noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227703687289746514.post-87309688817592577472013-04-11T02:31:00.001-07:002013-04-11T02:32:57.229-07:00Who's to Blame for Bitcoin's Crash and What's Its Real Value?
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Bitcoin's stunning rise in value in the past month was largely viewed as an unnatural market bubble that would inevitably burst. This is why most observers of yesterday's bitcoin flash crash were not surprised. If market manipulators were trying to discredit crypto currencies and cause panic among true bitcoin believers, they failed.
Yesterday, bitcoin went from a high ofJP Hickshttps://plus.google.com/101160021355221346340noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227703687289746514.post-25172022745211902592013-04-05T18:58:00.000-07:002013-04-05T19:00:34.199-07:00How Small Business Websites Can Compete on Google (Video)
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In the video below, Google webmasters explain how the Internet is a level playing field how small companies can compete with large businesses in search results.
If a small business has a better website with better information, then Google will view it as such. It's that simple, really. But Google needs to recognize the authority in your information which is determined by organic JP Hickshttps://plus.google.com/101160021355221346340noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227703687289746514.post-64115493362598657512013-04-04T01:21:00.002-07:002013-08-30T20:28:50.210-07:0010 Things You Didn't Know You Can Buy with BitcoinsJ.P. Hicks
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Last week I wrote about 5 digital currencies besides Bitcoins which had some people still wondering what crypto-currencies are and what they can be used for.
First, crypto-currencies are peer-to-peer encrypted bits represented by a number that are shared from computer to computer like a bit torrent when transactions are made. Participants keep a virtual wallet either JP Hickshttps://plus.google.com/101160021355221346340noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227703687289746514.post-90159723127283279962013-03-31T01:25:00.002-07:002013-08-31T01:07:07.586-07:005 Digital Currencies You've Never Heard Of
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Since the theft of depositors in Cyprus, Bitcoin has reached amazing new heights in both popularity and value. Over a $1 billion of Bitcoins are now in circulation. People all over the world are beginning to realize the value of financial anonymity and the utility of using crypto-currencies.
Peer-to-peer digital currencies don't require a central authority or a bank JP Hickshttps://plus.google.com/101160021355221346340noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227703687289746514.post-60472447637432969072013-03-15T19:49:00.001-07:002013-03-15T19:50:20.805-07:00Teens are Ditching Facebook for These 5 Social Networks
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What teenager wants their parents, aunts and uncles, teachers or coaches to know everything about them from social media?
Facebook is still by far the most popular social network in the world, but it is losing perhaps its most important segment of users -- teens.
Baret Steed, 15, recently told Time her reason for leaving Facebook: “All your relatives are constantly JP Hickshttps://plus.google.com/101160021355221346340noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227703687289746514.post-2775780162087130092013-03-09T17:11:00.000-08:002013-03-09T17:12:23.284-08:00How to Point a GoDaddy Domain To Blogger (2013)
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Did you know you can host your free Blogger site with a custom domain name in a few easy steps?
If you have an existing Blogger blog and want to have it look more professional, pointing a custom domain to your site will go a long way. With a "normal" domain name and a custom template design, Blogspot websites can look every bit as good as an expensive website with JP Hickshttps://plus.google.com/101160021355221346340noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227703687289746514.post-53887687876096668142013-03-03T17:24:00.002-08:002013-03-03T17:26:23.413-08:00How to Set Up a Domain Specific Email Address for Blogger Sites
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When getting started with the Blogger platform, most people use a simple gmail address to register their blog.
This blog for example, began with a gmail.com address. As the site began to grow I felt it was necessary to have an email address that corresponded to the actual domain name. It helps to establish a more professional presence online when readers and potential JP Hickshttps://plus.google.com/101160021355221346340noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227703687289746514.post-7902563362102391892013-02-25T01:47:00.001-08:002013-02-25T01:49:54.282-08:00Who Needs SOPA? Media Giants Collude to Punish File Sharing
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The new Copyright Alert System (CAS), often referred to as the "six strikes anti-piracy scheme" due to its gradual increase of warnings and punishments, kicks off today.
Media giants and their lobbyists were dealt a crushing defeat when the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) was shelved due to overwhelming internet activism opposing it. Realizing that they can't get a law JP Hickshttps://plus.google.com/101160021355221346340noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227703687289746514.post-12684775114276349712013-02-21T19:07:00.001-08:002013-02-21T20:06:00.333-08:00Google Likes One Long Article Over Many Short Posts
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Many bloggers, myself included, fret over having new fresh articles posted as often as possible. It's good for blogs to be active with new interesting content, but is it better for that content to be in the form of quick, short, new articles or updates to previous blog posts?
Short content, like the article you're currently reading, is great for keeping your blog fresh JP Hickshttps://plus.google.com/101160021355221346340noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227703687289746514.post-63742029291224210122013-02-19T23:58:00.001-08:002013-02-20T00:10:21.205-08:00Is Hyperlinking Copyright Infringement? EU Court to Decide
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In what seems like an absurd court case, the European Union Court of Justice is trying to decide if hyperlinking is copyright infringement. As crazy it may be, the outcome of this case could have wide implications for the Internet.
For those who think there's no way that the EU court could possibly rule that linking is copyright infringement, I'll remind you of when the JP Hickshttps://plus.google.com/101160021355221346340noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227703687289746514.post-591369245748632752013-02-18T17:16:00.002-08:002013-02-19T15:44:42.044-08:00Copyright Rules for Content Aggregators
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Aggregating material from around the Web on your blog can help drive traffic tremendously, especially if you already have a large following. Contrary to popular belief, aggregating material does not hurt your search rankings.
If it did, all major news websites would be penalized for posting the exact same Reuters or Associated Press stories everyday. And obviously CNN JP Hickshttps://plus.google.com/101160021355221346340noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227703687289746514.post-8445045781500937252013-02-15T16:50:00.001-08:002013-02-15T16:51:27.866-08:00Internet Addiction: What Happens When the Internet Shuts Off? (Video)
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Are you addicted to the Internet? Most of us are more reliant on the Web than we know. But we can only be sure that we're addicted when we go through withdrawals.
Symptoms of Internet addiction and withdrawal may be obsessive restarting of your router, extreme boredom, acute rudeness, and nightmares. Followed by live human interaction and possibly enjoyment in nature.
What would JP Hickshttps://plus.google.com/101160021355221346340noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227703687289746514.post-80269375788924925302013-02-14T19:59:00.001-08:002013-02-16T16:50:12.430-08:00Hackschooling: Turning Creative Kids Into Happy Adults (Video)J.P. Hicks
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When 13-year-old Logan LaPlante grows up, he wants to be happy and healthy. He discusses how hacking his education is helping him achieve this goal.
Logan has the freedom that comes with homeschooling to explore his interests. As he explains in his TED talk below, happiness and creativity are the focus of his education. He's able to engage directly with his interests JP Hickshttps://plus.google.com/101160021355221346340noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2227703687289746514.post-54588494908031313232013-02-13T22:42:00.001-08:002013-02-15T16:52:53.913-08:00Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn Go To Work for Google (Video)
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Working at Google is considered one of the best jobs in the world. But is it good enough for two of the most popular and successful actors?
A new movie hitting the theaters this June, The Internship, stars Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson star as ex-salesmen who defy the odds by talking their way into a coveted internship at Google. It looks like it will be hilarious.
Check out the JP Hickshttps://plus.google.com/101160021355221346340noreply@blogger.com0